League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Clara County, CA April 7, 2015 Election
	Khoa Nguyen Answers Questions Candidate for Council Member; City of San Jose; Council District 4

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of San Jose/Santa Clara and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. What experience related to city government would you bring to the City Council?

My experience in government is primarily through my work as a current governing board member with our local school district, where I have spent years providing governance for the education of over 8,000 local students and for an annual budget of approximately $65,000,000. In addition, I also currently provide direction for labor negotiations with three different bargaining groups comprising of hundreds of public employees.

2. San Jose budget difficulties have resulted in unprecedented cuts to staff and services. How will you deal with coming shortfalls? Restoring some of the City services? And, if you think the City needs additional resources, what are your ideas for increasing revenues?

The city budget comprises mainly of employee costs, so I would deal with the shortfalls by collaborating with labor groups and bargaining in good faith to come to an agreement that would allow the city to restore some city services. I can accomplish this by creating an employee friendly environment as I have already done so for over six years with employees of our local school district.

3. What concerns are of particular importance to the city and how would you address them?

I believe concerns of particular importance to the city are education, public safety, and being fiscally responsible. I can address these concerns by advocating for quality schools and public safety by building upon my existing relationships that I currently have with our local school district and with our police department through my roles as both a school board member and as a police officer. I can also promote being fiscally responsible with tax dollars as I have many years of experience in managing multi-million dollar budgets.

4. How would you balance the needs of the City as a whole while also addressing needs of your district as well as those of special groups?

As an experienced trustee with our local school district, I have been able to build consensus and come to an agreement both across the board and with different groups that have different priorities; therefore, I believe that as a city council member, I can continue to balance the needs of the city as a whole while also addressing the needs of my district as I have been able to successfully do this for over six years now.

5. How much money do you expect to raise/spend on your race, and how will you assure voters that financial contributions will not affect your decisions/positions should you be elected?

I am proud to announce that I am an independent candidate, as financial contributions will not affect my decisions because I have not accepted any money from any special interest groups. In addition, I am also proud to announce that I have been in office for over six years now as an elected trustee with our local school district, where I have also never accepted or spent any financial contributions from special interest groups.

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